cvs commit: ports/science/hdf5 Makefile distinfo pkg-plist

[Kris Kennaway]

On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 06:29:34PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:

> > > > I looked at the pkg-descr, and I couldn't see how this was a
> > > > scientific application (or graphics, for that matter).  What am I
> > > > missing?
> > > 
> > > Quoting submitter of a PR:
> > > 
> > > Please move it from the 'graphics' categry to the 'science' category,
> > > which is more appropriate.
> > > 
> > > End of quote. Submitter is one of authors of the software, so I assumed
> > > he knows best.
> > >
> > > What category do you think it should be in? It sounds
> > > like a file format for storing scientific data to me.
> > 
> > I'm sure it could be used for that, but it sounds like a generic data
> > storage format that can be used for non-science applications too.
> > Kind of like a database :-)
> 
> It sounded more like a platform-independent way of representing
> scientific data (at least the hdf pkg-descr did).  Database didn't sound
> right...converters seemed reasonable, but I have never used the
> software.

Perhaps the pkg-descr is just inaccurate..it doesn't talk about much
about what the software is useful for, which confused me when I looked
at it.  The website is a bit better.
 
Kris
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